Days of Wine and Roses Backing Track Jazz – Here the instrumentalist can improvise on this award-winning song that was a hit in the movies.

“Days of Wine and Roses” was written in 1962 by Henry Mancini and had lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the soundtrack of a movie with the same name. The songwriters won the Oscar for “Best Original Song” and the Grammy for “Record of the Year” and “Song of the Year”.

The lyrics to this song are as follows:

“The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at play
Through a meadow land toward a closing door
A door marked “nevermore” that wasn’t there before

The lonely night reveals just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you

(The lonely night reveals) just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you-oo-oo”

This song has been recorded by great artists, including Billy Eckstine, Art Farmer, Andy Williams, Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Oscar Peterson, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Wes Montgomery, Lenny Breau, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Pat Martino, Brian Bromberg, Wynton Kelly, Joe Henderson, Michel Petrucciani and many others.

This backing track is composed of drums, bass, organ and guitar. The tempo is 110bpm.

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